About the Immokalee Beautification MSTU

 A Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU) is a funding mechanism for community members to create, through approval of the Board of County Commissioners, a special taxing district to make improvements to their neighborhood and/or community area. Providing additional services based on community desires.

Our daily, routine services of the Immokalee Beautification MSTU consist of managing the maintenance of all area public areas along Main Street (SR 29) and 1st Street (CR 846) within the limits of the Immokalee Urban Area. Our responsibility includes the selection, coordination and management of Collier County approved contractors assigned to various maintenance and repair services such as lawn mowing, sidewalk and gutter cleaning, landscape maintenance, irrigation system management, and street lighting (Immokalee’s blue street lights). In addition, the MSTU is here to serve you, the public, providing assistance and coordination for communication with various governmental agencies.

Immokalee Beautification Advisory Committee 

The seven-member committee was established by Ordinance No. 11-39, as amended by Ordinance No. 20-47, to assist the Board of County Commissioners in the business affairs of the Immokalee Beautification Taxing District, and prepare and recommend an itemized budget to carry out the business of the district for each fiscal year.  The CRA has served as administer and manager of the Immokalee MSTU since October 2011.   

The Board desired to merge the CRA so staff created the Immokalee Local Redevelopment Advisory Board and the Immokalee Beautification Advisory Committee into a single unified advisory committee, to advise the Board and/or CRA on matters pertaining to both the MSTU and the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Area. 

On May 27, 2025, the Board of Collier County Commissioners approved Ordinance No. 2025-27, an ordinance creating the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Advisory Board; providing for repeal of Ordinance No. 2002-52, as amended, which created the Immokalee Beautification Advisory Board. The Immokalee Community Redevelopment Board will serve as the primary source of community input to the CRA and Board regarding the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Area and MSTU, and to make recommendations to the CRA and Board to further the goals of the Immokalee Community Redevelopment Area component of the Collier County Community Redevelopment Area Plan and MSTU. The Board is composed of nine-voting members with two non-voting members. Terms are for 4 years. Membership represents 2 Immokalee residents, 2 Immokalee Business/Commercial Property Owners, 1 Immokalee Non-Profit Representative, 1 Resident of the MSTU, 3 At Large, and 2 Non-Voting members.  

How is funding created?

The MSTU’s enabling ordinance establishes the maximum millage rate that can be levied to implement the mission of the MSTU. Annually, the Board of County Commissioners approves the millage rate and budget to implement the yearly work plan.